820 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



Minor contributions from — Messrs. R. W. L. Dunlop, C H. Wilson, E. 

 O. Reid, J. M. Cairns, A. M. D'Crus, P. F. Gomes, G. Claridge, H. H. M. 

 Spink, G. 0. Shortridge, Dr. Bailey de Castro and Lt.-Col. G. H. Evans. 



Mr. C. D. Mahaluxmivalla, Superintendent, Victoria Gardens, Bombay, 

 exhibited the flowers of three kinds of Silk Cotton trees — the common 

 red Bomha.v malabarium, the white Enode^idron anfvactuoswin and the yellow 

 flowered CocMospermum fjoni^y'inuvi-. two Dombeyas, the white flowered 

 Mastersii and the pink acutangula ; the red-flowered Kcdanchoe kirkii and the 

 yellow spathulata. 



MAMMAL SURVEY. 



The specimens exhibited numbering about 1,500, were collected by 

 Messrs. Crump and Shortridge inKumaon and Burma respectively, including 

 many species not previously obtained by the Survey. The primates in the 

 collections were represented by Macaques, probably of the same or very 

 nearly related species from both countries, Langurs, the common Himalayan 

 form from Kumaon and another species not yet determined from Burma 

 and one Gibbon from the last-named country. 



Of the smaller Cats there were Jungle Cats and single examples from 

 each country of the beautiful little Leopard Cat, which, though widely 

 distributed, is very local and not well known. From a former collection 

 there were specimens from Coorg ; and some years ago the Society pre- 

 sented two kittens from Castle Rock to the Victoria Gardens. 



One skin of the small Indian Civet and a nice series of the Malayan 

 Palm Civet, all from Burma, and two common Mungooses from Kumaon 

 represented the Viverridae or Civets and Mungooses. Of the Canidse 

 there was a skin of the Indian Wild Dog from Kumaon and one of the 

 Malayan form from Burma, and several mountain and common Indian 

 Foxes from the former country. The Malayan Wild Dog, which is found 

 in parts of Burma, is a much paler animal than its Indian "cousin, and 

 it was interesting to compare the two. Though Martens are found in 

 Burma, none have been obtained by the survey so far ; but from Kumaon 

 several skins of the common form have been sent in, as well as two 

 beautiful little yellow-bellied Weasels^ which are about the size of the 

 English stoat. One of the most interesting specimens in the collection 

 on exhibition was the Burmese Ferretbadger, of which four specimens were 

 obtained at Mount Popa, south of Mandalay. This animal, which is well 

 described by its trivial name, is about the size of a large mongoose, but 

 shorter in the body, of a greyish-brown colour with a prominent white stripe 

 on the head and shoulders. Very little is known of the habits of this 

 animal. From each district an Otter was sent in, apparently of different 

 species, a point which will be decided when the collection is worked out. 



SHREWS AND BATS. 



The Insectivora were represented by tree shrews, shrews and bats. 

 Of the first-named a nice series of the Yunnan species from Burma. This 

 little animal is frequently mistaken for a squirrel, but in India proper, there 

 is no reason for this, as all the small squirrels are striped, and the tree 

 shrew, has no stripes but is grizelled. In Burma, however, there are 

 several squirrels, brown or greyish all over, very similarly coloured to 

 the tree shrews and they are harder to distinguish. One species is not 

 uncommon at Matheran and Khandalla and on the Madras aide while 

 another race is found in the Dangs, and still another in Orissa and parts 

 of the C. P. The species found in the N. E. of India is probably the same 

 as that found in parts of Burma and Assam. 



Shrews were well represented from Kumaon, and both Collectors had sent 

 in a tiny specimen each of what is probably the smallest Indian Mammal. 



